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And God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth."
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Now the sons of Noah who went out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.
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These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated.
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And Noah began to be a farmer, and he planted a vineyard.
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Then he drank of the wine and was drunk, and became uncovered in his tent.
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And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.
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But Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders, and went backward and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father's nakedness.
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So Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done to him.
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Then he said: "Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants He shall be to his brethren."
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And he said: "Blessed be the Lord, The God of Shem, And may Canaan be his servant.
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May God enlarge Japheth, And may he dwell in the tents of Shem; And may Canaan be his servant."